Wheel hop
Burning Brakes
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From: Upland, CA
I've been getting really bad wheel hop and have broken 3 axles already. Only thing I haven't swapped out yet are the DRM bilstein's. I'm going to try and install stock shocks back on in the rear and see if that changes anything. Mounts are good/new, Diff was freshly rebuilt etc. Only thing I think it can be at this point is the Shocks I'm running...
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From: Hudson WI
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I've been getting really bad wheel hop and have broken 3 axles already. Only thing I haven't swapped out yet are the DRM bilstein's. I'm going to try and install stock shocks back on in the rear and see if that changes anything. Mounts are good/new, Diff was freshly rebuilt etc. Only thing I think it can be at this point is the Shocks I'm running...
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I've been getting really bad wheel hop and have broken 3 axles already. Only thing I haven't swapped out yet are the DRM bilstein's. I'm going to try and install stock shocks back on in the rear and see if that changes anything. Mounts are good/new, Diff was freshly rebuilt etc. Only thing I think it can be at this point is the Shocks I'm running...
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Burning Brakes
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Not engine mounts entirely maybe trans mounts. Being the trans, and differential is about a one piece design, that tends to cause the weakest link in the driveline. The axles in this case, are prone to break when given a few good drag racing runs or add just adding more power. Check your shocks and see if they are leaking or just plain old, but from the experience we have seen with these corvette's we have seen a lot of axles break because of the soft trans and engine mounts causing issues.
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From: Southampton NJ
Not engine mounts entirely maybe trans mounts. Being the trans, and differential is about a one piece design, that tends to cause the weakest link in the driveline. The axles in this case, are prone to break when given a few good drag racing runs or add just adding more power. Check your shocks and see if they are leaking or just plain old, but from the experience we have seen with these corvette's we have seen a lot of axles break because of the soft trans and engine mounts causing issues.
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Not engine mounts entirely maybe trans mounts. Being the trans, and differential is about a one piece design, that tends to cause the weakest link in the driveline. The axles in this case, are prone to break when given a few good drag racing runs or add just adding more power. Check your shocks and see if they are leaking or just plain old, but from the experience we have seen with these corvette's we have seen a lot of axles break because of the soft trans and engine mounts causing issues.
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A few years ago I had a frequent problem with my exhaust on the left side where the rear of the mid-pipe connects to the pipe that goes over the axle. About half the time when the car launched the two pipes would become separated and by the end of the run I thought I had blown the engine given how loud the resulting noise was.
At first I thought I hadn't tightened the pipe enough but it kept on happening. As it turns out both of my motor mounts had torn and were causing the engine to flex enough and separate those two pipes. Once the mounts were fixed I've never the problem hasn't ever happened again.
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From: Southampton NJ
sounds like the shock, I have hundreds of passes 39,000 miles of them car is 10 years old same motor mounts trans mount axles broke one and replaced one when the car was new from wheel hop got rid of the runflats and wheel hop was cured had it one more time changed shocks went away never came back
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From: Southampton NJ
While broken motor mounts definitely wouldn't be a major cause of wheel hop, I do believe it can have an effect nevertheless.
A few years ago I had a frequent problem with my exhaust on the left side where the rear of the mid-pipe connects to the pipe that goes over the axle. About half the time when the car launched the two pipes would become separated and by the end of the run I thought I had blown the engine given how loud the resulting noise was.
At first I thought I hadn't tightened the pipe enough but it kept on happening. As it turns out both of my motor mounts had torn and were causing the engine to flex enough and separate those two pipes. Once the mounts were fixed I've never the problem hasn't ever happened again.
A few years ago I had a frequent problem with my exhaust on the left side where the rear of the mid-pipe connects to the pipe that goes over the axle. About half the time when the car launched the two pipes would become separated and by the end of the run I thought I had blown the engine given how loud the resulting noise was.
At first I thought I hadn't tightened the pipe enough but it kept on happening. As it turns out both of my motor mounts had torn and were causing the engine to flex enough and separate those two pipes. Once the mounts were fixed I've never the problem hasn't ever happened again.
so has mine until I tack welded them, but never had wheel hop when they fell off but did scare the crap out of me the first time on the highway run, I even had the front of the axel back come off the x pipe coming home from the track one night it was digging into the road lifting the car had to stop quick and back up off to the shoulder and back onto some boards to push it back on